Auburn most disciplined SEC team in 2016

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Auburn proved to be the most disciplined team in the league, having only 4.7 penalties called a game against the team (That was 2.1 penalties fewer called per game than Florida). Auburn also had the least amount of total penalty yardage, despite not having the crown for least amount of flags thrown.

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This is a big thing that Gus got cleaned up and he deserves credit for it. The first 2 years it seemed like there was at least one critical 3rd down per game when we were on defense where we would hit a guy late out of bounds giving the opponent a free 15 yards and first down

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This is a big thing that Gus got cleaned up and he deserves credit for it. The first 2 years it seemed like there was at least one critical 3rd down per game when we were on defense where we would hit a guy late out of bounds giving the opponent a free 15 yards and first down

I give Steele some credit, too. Muschamp had the boys playing on the edge which cost us a few times, Steele maintained the level of intensity but brought discipline.

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I give Steele some credit, too. Muschamp had the boys playing on the edge which cost us a few times, Steele maintained the level of intensity but brought discipline.

I excused Muschamp for it, as it ultimately paid off (defensively at least). That intensity probably went a long way toward changing the defensive culture. Steele refined it further, and has turned out to be a solid hire thus far. All teams will have penalties, but I think our "shooting yourself in the foot" penalties have decreased overall.

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Footnote re football & discipline: Spurrier's UF teams lead the SEC most years and were always near the top in the nation in penalty yards - mostly because of aggression penalties. Those teams were perennial contenders for national titles. Bottom line: Football is an ultra violent sport - penalties of excessive aggression should probably not be lumped into the same bucket as negligent penalties.

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Footnote re football & discipline: Spurrier's UF teams lead the SEC most years and were always near the top in the nation in penalty yards - mostly because of aggression penalties. Those teams were perennial contenders for national titles. Bottom line: Football is an ultra violent sport - penalties of excessive aggression should probably not be lumped into the same bucket as negligent penalties.

IMHO

I get what you're saying and agree to a certain degree. But when you're putting up huge numbers of points consistently like those UF teams your margin for error/penalties grows and you can absorb those penalty yards much better. We have not had an offense even close in the past 2 years that could do that minus maybe the 3 game stretch of Miss State-Arky-Ole Miss this past season.

Edited February 16 by Tiger

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Footnote re football & discipline: Spurrier's UF teams lead the SEC most years and were always near the top in the nation in penalty yards - mostly because of aggression penalties. Those teams were perennial contenders for national titles. Bottom line: Football is an ultra violent sport - penalties of excessive aggression should probably not be lumped into the same bucket as negligent penalties.